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TheMercenary · 03-22-2009, 05:50 PM

Look beyond the bogus bonus smokescreen

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My syndicated column today tallies up all the craptacular spending that’s been going on while the AIG-bashing hypocrites on the Hill crow about $165 million in corporate bonuses none of them bothered to stop before they rushed to fork over billions to AIG in the first place. I mention the little-noticed $6 billion GIVE Act, which just passed the House — and which looks like the very kind of Soros Slush Fund I warned about last summer. Also note the rising cost of the $2 trillion cap-and-trade scheme, which vigilant GOP Sen. James Inhofe has been red-flagging.

Bonus issue = Kabuki theater of mass distraction. Keep your eye on the ball.

(And this just in, via HA Headlines: “U.S. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad said on Thursday he expects federal deficit spending will be about $1.6 trillion greater over the next ten years than President Barack Obama’s budget plan forecasts. Obama submitted his budget outline to Congress last month which forecast almost $7 trillion in deficits through 2019, however a worsening economic picture is expected to make the budget outlook darker. Conrad told reporters that the additional $1.6 trillion over the next decade was based on projections of the Democratic majority’s budget committee staff.”

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/03/20...s-smokescreen/

03-22-2009, 06:02 PM

I like the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act.

You might want to read more about it then just Michelle Malkin....unless you're not interested in independent thinking and would rather just take the word of a partisan hack who often misrepresents the facts.

IMO, encouraging and supporting volunteerism and public service is a good thing..but I admit to not having read the bill line-by-line.

TGRR · 03-22-2009, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Redux

I like the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act.

I would encourage you to read more about it then just Michelle Malkin.

IMO, encouraging and supporting volunteerism and public service is a good thing..but I admit to not having read the bill line-by-line.

Then you missed the part where it isn't volunteer.

Your statement was like saying "What kind of commie won't vote for the PATRIOT Act? Why do they hate patriots?"

03-22-2009, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by TGRR

Then you missed the part where it isn't volunteer.

Your statement was like saying "What kind of commie won't vote for the PATRIOT Act? Why do they hate patriots?"

I like the name of the Patriot Act:

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act

TheMercenary · 03-22-2009, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Redux

...unless you're not interested in independent thinking and would rather just take the word of a partisan hack who often misrepresents the facts.

Eh, your opinion.

sugarpop · 03-23-2009, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Eh, your opinion.

What? You think Michelle Malkin is actually unbiased?

TheMercenary · 03-24-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sugarpop

What? You think Michelle Malkin is actually unbiased?

What news commentator is unbiased to some degree? Remember these people are not reporters, they are commentators.

TheMercenary · 03-22-2009, 06:15 PM

The Patriot Act, a lasting legacy of the Demoncratically controlled Congress.

03-22-2009, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The Patriot Act, a lasting legacy of the Demoncratically controlled Congress.

The Patriot Act was enacted in October 2001....Bush/Republican Congress...and shamefully, IMO, supported by a minority of Democrats in the emotional aftermath of 9/11.

One of those bills "rushed" through Congress by Bush and the Republicans in a manner that you now complain about.

Any amendments proposed by the Democrats after 2007 faced a Bush veto.

Damn..why do you keep rewriting history?

TGRR · 03-22-2009, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Redux

The Patriot Act was enacted in October 2001....Bush/Republican Congress...

Who are apparently controlled via orbital mind control lasers by the Clintons.

At least in Mercenary's head.

TGRR · 03-22-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

The Patriot Act, a lasting legacy of the Demoncratically controlled Congress.

Hahahahahaha!

TheMercenary · 03-22-2009, 06:18 PM

Patriot 2 (revised Patriot 1) was passed by the dems after years of bitching about how bad it was for our country, including the provisions for wiretapping of US citizens they were all willing to throw themselves on a sword for.

http://www.usdoj.gov/archive/ll/subs/p_congress.htm

03-22-2009, 06:20 PM

And any amendments, and there were many, that Bush threatened to veto were excluded for the sake of "national security."

But your unique interpretation of solely blaming the Dems for everything always keeps me amused.

TheMercenary · 03-22-2009, 06:23 PM

Yep, all approved by the Demoncratics in Congress. Ok, not so controlled but the Dems caved.

TGRR · 03-22-2009, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Yep, all approved by the Demoncratically controlled Congress.

So, let me get this straight: The Dems control the Republicans with mind control beams.

Is that what you're saying?

03-22-2009, 06:02 PM	#2
Redux Guest Posts: n/a	I like the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education (GIVE) Act. You might want to read more about it then just Michelle Malkin....unless you're not interested in independent thinking and would rather just take the word of a partisan hack who often misrepresents the facts. IMO, encouraging and supporting volunteerism and public service is a good thing..but I admit to not having read the bill line-by-line. Last edited by Redux; 03-22-2009 at 06:08 PM.

03-22-2009, 06:15 PM	#8
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	The Patriot Act, a lasting legacy of the Demoncratically controlled Congress. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-22-2009, 06:18 PM	#12
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Patriot 2 (revised Patriot 1) was passed by the dems after years of bitching about how bad it was for our country, including the provisions for wiretapping of US citizens they were all willing to throw themselves on a sword for. http://www.usdoj.gov/archive/ll/subs/p_congress.htm __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-22-2009, 06:23 PM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yep, all approved by the Demoncratics in Congress. Ok, not so controlled but the Dems caved. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012! Last edited by TheMercenary; 03-22-2009 at 06:29 PM.

03-22-2009, 06:20 PM	#13
Redux Guest Posts: n/a	And any amendments, and there were many, that Bush threatened to veto were excluded for the sake of "national security." But your unique interpretation of solely blaming the Dems for everything always keeps me amused.

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